Multiple law enforcement agencies and a fire department are responding to a situation at Norton Correctional Facility, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. Kansas Department of Corrections

Multiple law enforcement agencies and a fire department are responding to a situation at Norton Correctional Facility, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. Kansas Department of Corrections

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Samir Arif, spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections, confirmed that multiple law enforcement agencies and a local fire department were responding to the situation at the prison, which has a capacity of 835 inmates.

“All I can tell you is there’s a situation,” Arif said.

Arif said in a phone call around 11:30 p.m. that there were no reported injuries. He later added that “an inmate disturbance,” took place at 9:30 p.m.

The situation at Norton follows weeks of unrest in Kansas’ prisons, which prompted Gov. Sam Brownback to announce a pay raise for prison workers last month to help facilities deal with high staff turnover that has exacerbated safety issues.